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Yesterday I was buried with Thee O Christ;<\/strong><\/em> Beloved in the Lord, Clergy and Faithful While we greet one another with these joyous words in which we proclaim the Bright Resurrection of our Saviour from the dead, the Church does not cease to remind us in Her holy hymns that the resurrection is inextricably bound to the cross. Christ patiently endured the suffering on the cross, opened the gates of hell, rose from the dead, and changed the cross from being a symbol of damnation and punishment to a symbol of triumph and victory. Throughout the liturgical year, and especially during Great Lent, this is brought to our attention.<\/p>\n In the Lenten Synaxarion for the Sunday of the Cross, we were reminded how Moses plunged a branch into the bitter waters of Marah and made them sweet. Similarly, if we bear our cross with patience, humility, and thanksgiving, the bitterness of our trials and temptations become sweet. We will then be able to understand the words of St. Paul: \u201cBut far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world\u201d (Galatians 6:14). In this way we will be like those ascetics described by St. John of the Ladder when he says that by conquering their flesh and the passions, they have experienced the resurrection already in this life.<\/p>\n Daily life in today\u2019s society is becoming more and more difficult for everyone, not just for Christians, with the wars, fuel and food shortages, and travel restrictions. We must make every effort to love and support our neighbours, trusting in Divine Providence in our lives, patiently bearing whatever trials that God may give us for our salvation.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this you rejoice\u2026 if you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith \u2013 more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire \u2013 may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ\u201d (1Peter 1: 6-7).<\/p>\n I sincerely greet all of you, the clergy, monastics, parishioners, and all worshippers in the churches of our diocese, with the grace-filled feast of Christ\u2019s Holy Resurrection! May the peace of Christ be with you!<\/p>\n Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!<\/p>\n +George Paschal Epistle of Archbishop George of Sydney, Australia & New Zealand Pascha 2026 Yesterday I was buried with Thee O Christ; today I rise with Thine arising. Yesterday I was crucified with Thee; Do Thou Thyself glorify me with Thee, O Saviour, in Thy kingdom. (Pascha Matins, Third Ode.) BelovedContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2,7],"tags":[281,254,180],"class_list":["entry","author-priest-andrew-morgan","has-more-link","post-18610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-articles","category-diocesan-news","category-english","tag-281","tag-archbishop-george","tag-paschal-epistle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18616,"href":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18610\/revisions\/18616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rocor.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ntoday I rise with Thine arising.<\/strong><\/em>
\nYesterday I was crucified with Thee;<\/strong><\/em>
\nDo Thou Thyself glorify me with Thee,<\/strong><\/em>
\nO Saviour, in Thy kingdom.<\/strong><\/em>
\n(Pascha Matins, Third Ode.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
\nof the Australian and New Zealand Diocese!
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\nChrist is Risen!<\/p>\n
\nArchbishop of Sydney &
\nAustralia-New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"